Garment form and hanger.



H. MOSCHCOWITZ.

GARMENT FORM AND HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25. 1914.

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5 I400 ntoz HERMAN MOSCHCOWITZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

. GARMENT FORM AND IlIGER.

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Patented Jan. WENT 1t;

Application filed September 25, 1914. Serial No, 863,496.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN MosoHoowrrz, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Manhattan, clty, county,

and State of New York, have invented cer-* rack or trunk, and on removalof the garment with my device in it from the store rack or trunk forpurposes of display and inspection, the means for support can be made toimmediately assume a form adapted to properly display the garment.Heretofore and up to the tlme of my invention of the new and usefulimprovements herein set forth, garments were supported in store racks ortrunks by ordinary hangers known to the art. For purposes of display toprospective buyers they then were transferred to, forms or models whichconsumed much time and efi'ort. By my new and useful invention hereinset forth, that with a slight effort the device used in hanging orsupporting the garment can be made to assume a form adapted for thesuitable display of the garment to prospective buyers and my improvementis such that the form can easily be made to assume its function as ahanger or support for the garment when the display or inspection isfinished. One result of my invention, though not the only result, willbe to enable traveling salesmen and others to carry garment in trunks onproper and suitable hangers or supporters of very light weight which canbe immediately converted into means for displaying garments whenrequired.

The object of my invention is to provide a hanger for garments which caneasily and readily be converted into a form in conformity with the humanfigure for displaying a garment and which can be readily made to assumeits form as a garment hanger or supporter when the form for display orinspection i vno longer required. I at-. tain these objects by themechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a frontview of my improvement in the form most adaptable as a garment hanger orsupporter. Fig. 2 is a front view of my improvement as it appears when,to the hanger A at the points a adapted to be used as a form forpurposes of displaying garments. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same.Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the hanger A, at the points a, b, are mounted two light but durablewires E, F. At the points g, 1' on the wires E, F is firmly mounted thewire 0. At the points 4;, 10, at the extremities of the wires E, F, ismounted the irregular wire form D by the hinges e, f. The wire form C,so formed as to constitute the bust on a conventional dress form andhaving the wire P with the extension X is hinged onthe cross wire 0 ofthe supporting frameso as to move in a plane at right angles thereto.The wire form 13 comprises means for displaying the chest and upperbreast of a garment and consists in the wire B having curvedfends b 6attached a by the hlnges Ia and Z and adapted to move in a plane atright angles to hanger A is "fitted with a hook G which has two arms H,I made long enough and adjusted to operate the connecting rods M and Nand thereby the forms B, G; D, by slippmg up and down in the holes J, Kin the hanger A. The arm H of the hook G is connected to the arm I ofthe hook G by connecting rod N which after being connected at theextremities of the arms H, I of the hook G is so, bent as to constitutea shank at the point L andis then connected to the neck X at the pointThe wire frame B is connected to the shank in the connecting rod N atthe point m by the rod The bands S, T of tape or other material connectthe form D to the form C at the points t, 2?, t t. The connecting rodsM, N and the tape or other material connecting the forms C and D are soadjusted that when the hook G is moved, the wire forms B, C and D aremade to lie flat against the supporting wires E, F, or are so extendedas to properly display the garment. The figures shown in the drawingsand the devices described herein represent one form ofmy invention, butI amaware that other forms of devices may be used without departing fromthespirit of my invention.

described my invention,

the hanger A. The I wires mounted on the hanger and a wire cross-piececonnecting the two wires midway of their lengths, firmly attached to thesame; a dress form consisting of three wire parts adapted to display thechest, bust and hips of a garment, the chest part hinged to the hangerand the bust and hip parts hinged to the supporting means at separatepoints thereon and capable of moving in a Plane at rightangles to saidsupporting means; and means for moving the said forms from a point inthe same plane with the supporting means to a plane at right anglesthereto, consisting of a hook passing through the hanger and capable ofmoving freely therein and attached by suitable connecting rods to thechest and bust forms and readily capable of controlling the same; andthe hip form connected by suitable means to the bust form.

2.'*In an improvement of the kind described, the combination of agarment hanger with supporting means comprising two wires mounted uponthe hanger, a wire cross-piece midway of the lengths of the twosupporting wires firmly attached to the same; a wire form adapted todisplay the bust of a garment consisting of a wire frame of irregularshape, two of its sides being connected by a transverse wire hinged tothe said cross wire 1n the said supporting means andcapable of moving atright angles thereto or lying against the said supporting means in thesame plane; a hook having two separate arms mounted in the said hangerand passing through the same, the ends of the two arms of the said hookbeing connected by a connecting rod with the cross piece of the saidwire form, the whole being adapted to close the said wire form againstthe supporting means and bring it within the same plane therewith or todraw the wire form into a plane at right angles to said supporting meansaccording as the hook is moved in said hanger.

3. In an improvement of the kind described, the combination of a garmenthanger with supporting means comprising Wires mounted upon the same anda cross wire midway of the lengths of the two supporting wires firmlyattached to the same; a wire form adapted to display the bust of agarment consisting of an irregular shaped frame with a cross wireconnecting its shorter sides and midway'thereof, the whole hinged to thesaid cross wire of the supporting frame and capable of lying against thesaid supporting means and in the same plane, and capable of moving onthe said supporting frame in a plane at right angles thereto; a secondwire frame adapted to display the hips of a garment hinged to theextremities of the supporting wires and capable of lying against thesaid supporting means and moving in a plane at right angles therewith,the hip form being connectedto the bust form by tape or other materialconstituting means adapted to draw the said form into the Same planewith the supporting means and into a plane at right angles thereto upona similar movement of the bust form, and a single operating meansconsisting of a hook capable of sliding in the hanger and connected withthe bust form, substantially as described.

4. In an improvement of the kind described, the combination of a garmenthanger with supporting means comprising tWo wires mounted on. thehanger, a cross wire midway' of the lengths of the two supporting wiresfirmly attached to the same; means for displaying the chest, and upperparts of a garment consisting of a wire suitably bent and hinged at theends to the said hanger and capable of moving in a plane at right anglesto said hanger or being drawn into the same plane therewith, a hookhaving two separate arms mounted in the said hanger and passing throughthe same, the two arms of the said hook being connected by a wire rodcurved for connecting the ends of the said arms to form a shank; a wirerod connecting the said shank and the said wire form, the whole beingadapted to draw said form into the same plane with the supporting meansor to draw the said wire form into a plane at right angles to thesupport-

